Tag: 2016

  • Jess Phillips – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

    Jess Phillips – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jess Phillips on 2016-04-27.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many academy schools are (a) in the process of being re-brokered and (b) awaiting re-brokering.

    Edward Timpson

    There have been 130 academies and free schools (2% of academies) moved from a trust that had not been able to secure necessary improvements, to a strong sponsor. Regional Schools Commissioners (RSCs) are looking at the appropriate action to take with those that currently have no formal action, working with trusts to improve school performance or looking at sponsor solutions where they feel that the trust is not meeting the required standards.

    The table below shows the numbers of academies which have been re-brokered to other academy sponsors, split by academic year.

    Academic Year

    Number of academies re-brokered to other academy sponsors

    2011/12

    2

    2012/13

    2

    2013/14

    13

    2014/15

    64

    2015/16

    49

    Total

    130

    There are 38 academies in the process of moving from a trust that has not been able to secure necessary improvements, to a strong sponsor.

    The Department does not hold information on the number of academies which are awaiting re-brokerage. RSCs will work with schools in a number of ways before considering moving them to a new sponsor.

  • Dan Jarvis – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

    Dan Jarvis – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Dan Jarvis on 2016-06-10.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much progress her Department expects to make towards eliminating fuel poverty by the end of this Parliament.

    Andrea Leadsom

    The 2030 target, now enshrined in law, requires Government to improve as many fuel poor homes as reasonably practicable to Band C energy efficiency standard by 2030.

    We have also set an interim fuel poverty milestone for 2020, to get as many fuel poor households as reasonably practicable into Band E.

    The Government will be guided by the fuel poverty strategy published in March 2015 which sets out a clear policy of working towards improving energy efficiency standards in the homes of the fuel poor.

    We intend to focus the Energy Company Obligation (ECO) and the Warm Home Discount more effectively on the fuel poor, and will consult on our future approach. Between them they will provide around £1billion of support each year.

    The latest available statistics indicate that, in 2013, 2.35 million households were in fuel poverty in England of which 2.04 million were Band E or above. The next fuel poverty statistical release is due on 30th June 2016.

  • Julie Cooper – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    Julie Cooper – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Julie Cooper on 2016-09-06.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people are registered with diabetes in (a) Burnley constituency and (b) Lancashire.

    Nicola Blackwood

    Diagnosed diabetes prevalence in England is taken from the Quality and Outcomes Framework and represents all patients aged 17 and over who have been diagnosed with diabetes and included on General Practice (GP) registers. Data are available by GP practices, clinical commissioning group and for England.

    Estimated number of people with diabetes in Burnley and Lancashire*

    2014

    Number

    Prevalence

    Burnley

    5,392

    7.0%

    Lancashire

    64,212

    6.7%

    * Diagnosed diabetes prevalence is not available by local authority and has been estimated by aggregating GP practice level data where the postcode of the main practice falls within the local authority boundary.

    Source: Quality and Outcomes Framework 2014/15. NHS Digital is the trading name of the Health and Social Care Information Centre.

  • Lord Jones – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for International Trade

    Lord Jones – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for International Trade

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Jones on 2016-10-18.

    To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the estimated value of UK aerospace exports in the last five years for which figures are available.

    Lord Price

    Estimates of the value of UK exports of Aerospace products for the last five years are provided below:

    Year

    Exports (Current prices, £million)

    2011

    20,728

    2012

    22,328

    2013

    24,275

    2014

    22,580

    2015

    24,864

    Source: ONS Trade in Goods Classified by CPA

  • Stephen Twigg – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    Stephen Twigg – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Twigg on 2016-01-14.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many doses of pandemic H1N1 vaccine were administered in the UK in the 2010-11 influenza season.

    Jane Ellison

    An estimated 172,260 doses of pandemic flu vaccine were administered from 1 September 2010 to 28 February 2011.

    The Department issued a letter from the Chief Medical Officer on 6 January 2011 about seasonal influenza vaccine uptake and supply. It noted that if efforts to source seasonal flu locally had not been successful, then the H1N1 monovalent vaccine Pandemrix could be offered to those eligible for seasonal flu vaccine.

  • Lord Rooker – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    Lord Rooker – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Rooker on 2016-02-02.

    To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 22 July 2014 (HL939), what was the ranking of the UK in the Health at a Glance 2015: OECD Indicators report for (1) infant mortality, (2) numbers of MRI and CT Scanners, (3) low birth weight infants, (4) overweight and obesity amongst adults, (5) overweight and obesity amongst children, (6) mortality from cardiovascular disease, and (7) mortality from cancer; how these rankings compared to those for 2013; and what plans they have to improve the UK rankings.

    Lord Prior of Brampton

    The United Kingdom’s rankings among OECD member states (as shown by the 2015 and 2013 Health at a Glance reports) are the following:

    Health at a Glance 2013

    Health at a Glance 2015

    Infant mortality

    25th lowest out of 34

    19th lowest out of 34

    Low birth weight infants

    21st lowest out of 34

    21st lowest out of 34

    MRI units

    7th lowest out of 28

    4th lowest out of 32

    CT scanners

    3rd lowest out of 29

    3rd lowest out of 32

    Obesity among adults

    28th lowest out of 34

    27th lowest out of 34

    Overweight and obesity among children (measured)

    18th lowest out of 34

    32th lowest out of 33

    Mortality from cardiovascular disease (ischemic heart disease)

    19th lowest out of 33

    18th lowest out of 34

    Mortality from cardiovascular disease (cerebrovascular disease)

    22nd lowest out of 33

    14th lowest out of 34

    Mortality from cancer

    25th lowest out of 33

    26th lowest out of 34

    The Government welcomes the OECD reports as an authoritative contribution to the development of health policy in the UK. For the health service in England, we have taken note of the OECD’s findings. The underlying data on health outcomes informs the development of our mandates and other guidance to the health and care system, in particular to NHS England and Public Health England.

  • Jonathan Ashworth – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    Jonathan Ashworth – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jonathan Ashworth on 2016-02-29.

    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what date his Council of Economic Advisers last met in full; and how many times it met in full in the last 12 months.

    Harriett Baldwin

    Members of the Government’s Council of Economic Advisers meet daily with Ministers, officials and others to discuss the design and formation of government policy.

  • Ian Murray – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    Ian Murray – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ian Murray on 2016-04-08.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people in Scotland who reach state pension age in 2016-17 will receive less than the full flat rate of the new state pension.

    Justin Tomlinson

    The Department cannot model the impact of the new State Pension at a regional or country specific level. Results for the whole of Great Britain can be found at:

    https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/491845/impact-of-new-state-pension-longer-term-reserach.pdf

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  • Jess Phillips – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

    Jess Phillips – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jess Phillips on 2016-04-27.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of pupils in local authority maintained schools have (a) statements of special educational needs and (b) Education, Health and Care plans.

    Edward Timpson

    Information on the number and percentage of pupils with statements of special educational needs or Education, Health and Care (EHC) plan by type of institution in the January 2015 School Census is available on GOV.UK:

    https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/special-educational-needs-in-england-january-2015 (Table 1A and 1D.)

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  • David Mackintosh – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    David Mackintosh – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Mackintosh on 2016-06-10.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to his Chinese counterpart on releasing the Tibetan blogger Druklo.

    Mr Hugo Swire

    We plan to raise the case of Druklo (also known as Shokjang) at the next round of the UK-China human rights dialogue.